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City of Adelaide
	City of Adelaide; South Australia
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Population:	18,575 (2007)
• Density:	1136/km² (2,942.2/sq mi)
Established:	1840
Area:	15.57 km² (6.0 sq mi)
Property Value:	AUD $423,000
Mayor:	Michael Harbison
Council Seat:	Adelaide
Region:	Metropolitan Adelaide
State District:	Electoral district of Adelaide
Federal Division:	Division of Adelaide
	Website: http://www.adelaide.sa.gov.au/
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For other uses, see City of Adelaide (disambiguation).

The City of Adelaide is a local government area in the metropolitan area of Adelaide, South Australia. It covers the original Adelaide city centre settlement. Established in 1840, the Adelaide City Council is the oldest municipal authority in Australia. At its time of establishment, Adelaide's (and Australia's) first mayor, James Hurtle Fisher, was elected. From 1919 onwards, the City has had a Lord Mayor, the current being Michael Harbison.

In its local administrative capacity, the City of Adelaide has responsibility for two areas analogous to suburbs: the Adelaide city centre (also known as the city, the square mile and the CBD) and North Adelaide. The city council is also responsible for the Adelaide Parklands which surround North Adelaide and the city centre.

[edit] Services and amenities

Apart from providing the usual services like rubbish collection and controlling local development, the City of Adelaide owns and operates a number of city services and amenities, including:

A network of 11 car parking stations (Central Market, Grote, Gawler, Grenfell, Pirie/Flinders, Light Square, Rundle, Topham, Sturt, Wyatt and Frome) branded as U-Park.
Adelaide Central Market, a popular tourist attraction and working market selling cheap fruit and vegetables and other products.
Adelaide Aquatic Centre, offering several indoor heated swimming pools, diving facilities, and a health club.
A network of 4 local library & community centres from which local residents can borrow books, music, videos and computer programs, and gain access to computers and the internet.
A city loop free bus service known as the Connector, which runs through the CBD and North Adelaide, with stops at every major tourist attraction and council library. A new Connector bus, with more seating capacity has entered service, replacing one of the smaller buses that used to ply the route. This is the world's first solar powered bus and is called Tindo, named after the Kaurna word for sun.